Total 602 information security analyst job vacancies in Business Management / Project / Planning category in The Philippines

• Conduct user requirement analysis for the design, definition, development, implementation and enhancement of new or existing IT projects/systems.
• Liaise closely with business users, evaluate procedures and develop flow diagrams, use cases, as well as translating business functional requirements to technical requirements.
• Liaise closely with vendors in project implementation, integration, testing, application patches and upgrades.
• Be involved in various stages of the SDLC, and providing any application support, troubleshooting or liaison.
• Plan and coordinate end-user training for any IT system implementations or enhancements.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or IT equivalent.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to work independently.
• Meticulousness, Organized, Team player and as well as Good Articulation skills.

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Morgan McKinley Pte Ltd

EA Licence No: 11C5502

EAP Registration No: R1876670

· Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Programming & Systems Analysis/Science (Computer Studies) faculties.

·        Minimum 5 years of experience as a Calypso business analyst on Calypso back office.

· Experience with Calypso versions v14 to v17.

·        In-depth knowledge of Static Data, Workflows, scheduled tasks, Confirmations, settlements, messages / Swift messages, Positions, Accounting, corporate actions, filters, and reporting Framwork, Reconciliation features.

· Understanding of financial assets (repos, bonds, SLB, issuances) and trade lifecycle.

· Experience with regulatory reporting HRF, NORIA, MMSR.

· Experience in interfacing Calypso with external systems.

· Hands-on experience in implementation projects.

·        AGILE track record.

· Experience in implementing NR scenarios.

• Elicit and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and analysis of existing specifications.
• Translate business needs into functional and non-functional specifications, user stories, or models like UML/BPMN for developers.
• Support solution design, testing (including UAT), and implementation by validating requirements against predefined scope.
• Manage changes to requirements throughout the project lifecycle, rigorously evaluating impacts on tender specifications before approval.
• Manage stakeholders actively to align expectations, specify requirements within the solution platform's capabilities, communicate progress, and prevent deviations from the tender-defined scope, minimizing scope creep.

Requirements:

• Must have experience in requirements engineering for Microsoft Dynamics CRM or similar.
• Must have more than 2 years of experience as a Business Analyst in IT/software projects, including requirement gathering and stakeholder management.
• Preferred: IIBA certifications (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, or PMI-PBA).
• Preferred: Working experience in Government of Singapore projects.
• Preferred: Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) and scripting (Python/R).
• Preferred: Proficiency in technical skills like SQL, Excel, BPMN/UML modelling, and SDLC methodologies (Agile/Waterfall).

·        Must have more than 2 years of experience as a business analyst in IT/software projects, including requirement gathering and stakeholder management.

· Must have experience in requirements engineering for Microsoft Dynamics CRM or similar.

·        Good to have IIBA certifications (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, or PMI-PBA).

· Good to have an entry-level project management certification.

·        Good to have working experience in Government of Singapore projects.

·        Good to have experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) and scripting (Python/R).

·        Good to have proficiency in technical skills like SQL, Excel, BPMN/UML modeling, and SDLC methodologies (Agile/Waterfall).

·        Mustpossess strong communication skills

· Degree in a relevant IT field with 4+ years of experience in IT business analysis, solution design, and testing.

· Experience in at least one full software/product development cycle (Agile preferred).

· Strong analytical, problem-solving, and influencing skills.

· Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to engage users at all levels andfacilitate discussions

· Proactive, motivated, and inquisitive mindset.

·  Ability to code and iterate during planning sessions and conduct workshops.

We are hiring a Business Analyst (80%) with Scrum Master responsibilities (20%) to support large-scale Singapore Government IT systems.

This is not a passive documentation role. We are looking for someone structured, decisive, and delivery-focused — able to operate confidently within strict governance, audit, and compliance environments.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis (Primary)

• Lead requirements gathering with business users, government officers, and vendors

• Produce BRD/FRD, user stories, process flows, interface specs

• Ensure traceability, governance compliance, and change control discipline

• Bridge business, technical, and SI/vendor teams

• Support SIT/UAT, integration, and production rollout

Scrum Master (Secondary)

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and ensure backlog readiness

• Drive sprint predictability and delivery discipline

• Remove impediments and highlight risks early

Requirements

• 5–8 years IT delivery experience

• 3+ years as Business Analyst in large-scale systems

• Experience in Singapore Government / Public Sector IT

• Strong Agile + SDLC (Waterfall/Hybrid) knowledge

• Experience with multi-vendor environments

• Hands-on Jira / Confluence / Azure DevOps

• Work closely with business users, operations, finance, technology, and other stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements.

• Understand banking business processes and map them effectively to SAP functional capabilities.
• Prepare and maintain business requirement documents, functional specifications, process flows, user stories, test scenarios, and other project documentation.
• Act as a bridge between business users and technical / SAP development teams.
• Support SAP functional configuration discussions, impact assessments, gap analysis, and solution validation.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.
• Perform around 20% project management activities, including planning, tracking, status reporting, risk / issue management, and stakeholder follow-ups.
• Take ownership of assigned deliverables and ensure completion within agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Support SIT, UAT, defect triage, user clarification, deployment, and post-implementation support.
• Ensure proper documentation, traceability, approvals, and governance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Drive accountability across teams and ensure open items are followed through to closure.

Required Skills and Experience

• 6 to 9 years of experience as a SAP Functional BA / Functional Consultant / Business Analyst.
• Strong experience working in the Banking or Financial Services domain.
• Good understanding of SAP functional modules relevant to banking / finance operations.
• Experience in requirement gathering, functional documentation, process mapping, gap analysis, and solution validation.
• Exposure to project management activities such as status reporting, milestone tracking, risk and issue management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and take end-to-end ownership of assigned tasks.
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in SAP Finance, Treasury, Payments, Loans, Trade Finance, Risk, Compliance, or Banking Operations.
• Prior experience working with banks or financial institutions on SAP implementation, enhancement, migration, or support projects.
• Knowledge of regulatory, finance, accounting, or operational processes in banking.
• Experience coordinating with offshore / onsite teams.
• Certification in SAP, Business Analysis, Agile, Scrum, or Project Management would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Gather citizen and business requirements through service journey mapping and build business cases using rapid prototyping techniques.
• Produce user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria, and construct prototypes to validate requirements and measure delivered value.
• Research and recommend suitable technologies, including AI tools, ensuring alignment with central technology directions and whole-of-government solutions through hands-on experimentation.
• Assess and apply appropriate development methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall, across varying project environments.
• Oversee system readiness ahead of deployment and conduct impact assessments for proposed changes.
• Support the Chief Information Officer in surfacing digital transformation opportunities across the agency.
• Establish product vision, roadmap, and objectives that are anchored to overarching business strategy.
• Translate product strategies into actionable plans and leverage data analytics to guide product decisions.
• Facilitate workshops, focus group sessions, and sprint reviews to drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with technical and business teams to iterate on solutions using tools such as Figma, Miro, JIRA, GitHub, GitLab, and rapid application development platforms including OutSystems.

Requirements

• Degree in Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in IT business analysis, solution design, and testing, with exposure to at least one full software or product development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in working with modern web technologies (e.g., React, JavaScript, Python, Java, .NET/C#), government development tools and CI/CD concepts including SHIP/HATS, and content management systems such as Sitefinity or SharePoint Online; a Business Analysis certification (e.g., CBAP), Scrum Master, or Product Owner certification is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with excellent stakeholder management skills and the capacity to facilitate discussions across all levels of the organisation; a proactive, inquisitive mindset with the ability to code and iterate during planning sessions is essential.

Clarence Khoh
R1552376

Responsibilities

• Conduct discovery sessions, interviews, workshops, and workflow mapping with business teams to identify AI opportunities.
• Translate business pain points into AI-ready problem statements, hypotheses, success metrics, requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead the scoping and coordination of AI POCs and MVPs, from opportunity framing to prototype validation and pilot recommendation.
• Partner with technical teams, vendors, and business users to design AI-enabled workflows and solutions.
• Coordinate UAT, pilot feedback, test scripts, evaluation rubrics, and validation reports.
• Analyze results from POCs/MVPs and recommend whether solutions should be scaled, refined, paused, or discontinued.
• Prepare business cases, PRDs, process maps, delivery plans, risk logs, decision papers, and stakeholder updates.
• Support responsible AI adoption by ensuring appropriate human oversight, data handling, disclosure, quality checks, and policy compliance.
• Develop user guides, SOPs, training materials, and change management support for AI-enabled workflows.
• Stay updated on AI tools, media industry use cases, and emerging best practices, and translate these into practical recommendations for Mediacorp.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in business analysis, product analysis, digital transformation, AI/data projects, consulting, or technology-enabled process improvement.
• Strong experience in stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, workshop facilitation, process mapping, and documentation.
• Experience supporting POCs, MVPs, pilots, UAT, Agile delivery, or product development.
• Ability to structure ambiguous business problems and translate them into clear solution requirements and testable success criteria.
• Good understanding of generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, automation, chatbots, analytics, or enterprise AI tools.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain AI and technology concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort working across business, product, engineering, data, vendor, governance, and leadership teams.
• Experience in media, broadcast, digital content, newsroom operations, creative production, marketing, advertising, or commercial workflows.
• Hands-on experience with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and other commonly used AI tools, as well as AI prototyping tools, prompt engineering, low-code automation, dashboards, or agentic workflows.

As a Digital Business Analyst, you will support the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric solutions aligned with business objectives. You are a proactive, self-motivated and resourceful team member with good tech/digital knowledge and strong influencing skills. You are passionate about driving product initiatives and adept at facilitating stakeholder engagement while constantly looking for new ways to apply digital technologies and AI to meet Agency and citizen needs.

What You Will Be Working On

· Elicit citizen/business needs through service journeys and develop business cases via rapid prototyping.

· Develop user stories, specifications, and acceptance criteria, building prototypes to validate requirements and measure value.

· Evaluate and recommend technologies (including AI tools), aligning with government's technology directions and WOG central solutions, through hands-on experimentation.

· Identify and adopt appropriate development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) for various environments.

· Ensure system readiness for deployment and analyse the impact of changes.

· Assist the CIO in identifying digital transformation opportunities.

· Define product vision, roadmap, and objectives aligned with business strategy.

· Communicate product strategies and use data to inform decisions.

What We Are Looking For

· Degree in a relevant IT field with 4+ years of experience in IT business analysis, solution design, and testing.

· Experience in at least one full software/product development cycle (Agile preferred).

· Strong analytical, problem-solving, and influencing skills.

· Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to engage users at all levels and facilitate discussions

· Proactive, motivated, and inquisitive mindset.

· Ability to code and iterate during planning sessions and conduct workshops.

Preferred Skills:

· Business Analysis certification (e.g., CBAP).

· Past development or consulting experience.

· Experience in Agile, Knowledge Management, or Service Design.

Good-to-have Skills:

· Some exposure to modern web technologies such as React, JavaScript, Python, Java, or .NET (C#) will be an advantage.

· Familiarity with government development tools and CI/CD concepts, including SHIP/HATS, is a plus.

· Experience working with Agile tools such as Figma, Miro, or JIRA

· Experience facilitating workshops, focus groups, and sprint reviews

· Knowledge of data analytics and product metrics

· Certification such as Scrum Master or Product Owner is a plus

· Experience with development workflows using tools like SHIP/HATS, GitHub or GitLab for code management and collaboration

· Experience to rapid application development platforms such as OutSystems

· Working experience with content management systems such as Sitefinity, SharePoint Online, or similar platforms

· Singaporean only

Singaporean only

Role Overview

We are looking for a Business Analyst with Scrum Master responsibilities to support large, complex, and high-pressure government IT systems.

This role is primarily responsible for business analysis, requirements governance, stakeholder management, and end-to-end solution alignment (80%), while also performing Scrum Master duties (20%) to ensure structured Agile execution and delivery discipline.

The successful candidate must be able to operate effectively within strict governance, audit, and compliance environments while driving clarity across business, technical, and vendor teams. This is not a passive documentation role, the candidate must be decisive, structured, and delivery-focused.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Analysis & Requirements Leadership (Primary – 80%)

Requirements Elicitation & Management

Lead requirement gathering sessions with business users, government officers, and vendors.

Translate business needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements.

Produce high-quality artifacts (BRD, FRD, user stories, process flows, data mappings, interface specs).

Ensure requirements traceability from business needs to implementation and testing.

Manage requirement changes within governance and change control processes.

Stakeholder Management

Engage senior and demanding stakeholders confidently and professionally.

Facilitate requirement workshops and resolve conflicting priorities.

Act as the bridge between business users, technical teams, system integrators, and project management.

Ensure business alignment before development starts to reduce rework and ambiguity.

Solution & Delivery Alignment

Work closely with architects, developers, and integration teams to validate feasibility.

Review design proposals to ensure alignment with approved requirements.

Support SIT/UAT planning, test case validation, and defect triaging.

Ensure operational readiness and cutover documentation are aligned with business expectations.

Governance & Documentation

Ensure compliance with Singapore Government SDLC, audit, and reporting standards.

Maintain structured documentation repository and requirement baselines.

Support audit queries, project reporting, and governance checkpoints.

2. Scrum Master & Agile Facilitation (Secondary – 20%)

Agile Execution

Facilitate key Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives).

Ensure backlog readiness and clarity before sprint commitment.

Promote estimation discipline and sprint predictability.

Impediment & Delivery Support

Identify delivery blockers and work with stakeholders to resolve them.

Monitor sprint progress and highlight risks early.

Support integration milestones, SIT/UAT readiness, and release planning.

Continuous Improvement

Identify inefficiencies in delivery and recommend practical improvements.

Promote accountability and structured Agile practices aligned with governance requirements.

Mandatory Experience & Skills

Core Requirements (Strict)

Minimum 5–8 years of overall IT delivery experience

Minimum 3+ years of Business Analyst experience in large-scale IT systems

Minimum 2 years exposure to Agile / Scrum environments

Strong understanding of both Agile and traditional SDLC (Waterfall / Hybrid)

Proven experience handling complex system integrations and multi-vendor environments

Demonstrated ability to operate under tight timelines and delivery pressure

Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills

Must-Have Experience

Experience in Singapore Government / Public Sector IT projects

Experience in mission-critical or 24/7 systems

Experience working with system integrators and multiple vendors

Hands-on experience with Agile tools (Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent)

Experience supporting SIT/UAT and production rollout activities

Work Environment & Expectations

Able to manage demanding stakeholders and strong personalities professionally

Comfortable operating within structured governance and audit-heavy environments

Willing to work overtime (including after-hours or weekends) when project demands require

Able to adapt quickly to scope changes and shifting priorities

Resilient, structured, and delivery-focused mindset

Certifications (Strong Advantage)

CBAP, CCBA, or equivalent Business Analysis certifications

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or PSM

SAFe or Agile-related certifications are advantageous

About Us:

From business process re-engineering to global business expansion for Japanese corporations, ABeam Consulting has served our clients through more than 40 years of growth. With our vision of being the No. 1 global consulting firm from Asia, ABeam Consulting helps our clients take on the challenge of business transformation. With 4,400 consultants in Japan, and 3,100 in overseas offices concentrated in Asia, our 7,500 consultants and global alliance partners provide truly comprehensive services.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to gather data requirements specific to banking products, transactions, customers, reporting and analytics.
• Design and maintain logical and physical data models that reflect core banking operations, risk management, compliance, financial reporting or analytics needs.
• Translate complex business use cases into normalized and de-normalized data structures optimized for both operational and analytical workloads.
• Implementation and evolution of data marts, data warehouses, and integration layers aligned with banking architecture.
• Collaborate with development teams on physical data model deployment and performance optimization for large financial datasets.
• Ensure data models adhere to data governance, data quality, and metadata management standards across banking domains.
• Provide data architecture documentation, data dictionaries, and lineage diagrams for regulatory, audit, and business usage.
• Support data lineage, metadata management, and data quality initiatives to enhance trust and transparency in data usage.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in data architecture, data modelling, or data management, banking or financial services industry.
• Basic knowledge of data governance (i.e. DAMA-DMBOK).
• Deep expertise in logical and physical data modelling for core banking, risk, compliance, and financial reporting domains and various analytics use cases.
• Proficient in data modelling tools (e.g., Erwin, PowerDesigner, or similar).
• Advanced SQL skills and strong ability to work with large, complex financial datasets.
• Solid understanding of relational and dimensional modelling, data warehousing, and data integration techniques.
• Intermediate understanding of regulatory compliance in the APAC region.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and documentation skills to engage with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience with the American data management system “Collibra” is a plus.
• Experience in Alteryx System is highly preferred.

Why Join Us

At ABeam Consulting, we place a strong emphasis on collaboration, and helping our employees grow and develop their skills, offering a supportive and empowering work environment. With a presence in multiple countries and a diverse range of clients, ABeam Consulting offers an exciting and dynamic workplace for individuals looking to build a career in consulting. ABeam Consulting has also recently joined SAP’s regional strategic partner initiative as their first regional partner in the region and has also been recognized by UiPath as a Diamond Partner in providing RPA solutions. With such accolades, we aim to continue driving enterprise and digital transformation initiatives in order to transform the way people work and communicate in the digital age. In addition, our industry team is working tirelessly in order to bring more solutions to the banking and finance sector.

We regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Our client is a Computer and Network Security Industry. Due to business needs, they are now recruiting a Business Development Executive to be part of their Team for ongoing transformation projects. They are located in the West - easily accessible.

About the Role:

Are you passionate about technology and eager to drive business growth in a fast-evolving field? We are looking for a proactive and ambitious Business Development professional to play a key role in expanding our cyber-security portfolio across Singapore and the APAC region.

Responsibilities:

• Spot, evaluate, and pursue new business opportunities in priority industries and markets across the region.
• Develop and implement go-to-market strategies to accelerate the adoption of our cyber-security solutions.
• Build strong, consultative relationships with customers and partners, collaborating with internal technical teams when needed.

Requirements:

• Min Degree Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in business development or sales 

Interested candidates who wish to apply for the advertised position, please click APPLY NOW or email an updated copy of your resume/cv.

We regret that only shortlisted candidate will be notified.

Email Address: jobs@recruitpedia.sg

Recruitpedia Pte. Ltd.

EA License No: 19C9682

EA Personnel No: R25157233 (Loh Pooi Keng)

Dear Applicant,

If you or someone you know isinterested, please send the CV directly to VeronicaE@evolutionjobs.sg (mostpreferred, as I may overlook some CVs due to the high volume).

Please note that visasponsorship is not available at this time.

JD

Key Responsibilities:

•           Work as a functional business analyst with the project team for creditorigination and early credit warnings

•           Analyze current processes to identify AI opportunities.

•           Collaborate with business sponsors, product managers, data scientist,technology partners to realize business needs

•           Review Vendor Deliverables to ensure governance check and balance

•           Familiar with Associative data modeling,  predictive & text analytics,classification, data exploration, summarization

•           Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover trends, patterns, and anomalies.

•           Create visualizations and dashboards to communicate insights effectively tostakeholders

•           Ensure AI Realization as per plan

•           Enforce Proper Governance before commissioning solution transiting Human In theloop to Human out of the loop

•           Identify opportunities of tuning to increase AI Accuracy for higherproductivity.

Aboutthe Role

This is ahands-on role that blends business analysis with frontline support,troubleshooting, and project delivery. We’re looking for a capable,self-sufficient Business Analyst who can sit close to the people they support,understand what they actually need, and see problems through to a properresolution.

It’s avaried role for someone who likes solving problems quickly, works well on theirown, and is comfortable moving between a requirements workshop, a trickysupport issue, and a project plan in the same day. We also want someone whoalready puts AI to work, since it’s becoming a bigger part of how the teamtroubleshoots, automates, and supports its users.

WhatYou’ll Do

•    Bea first point of contact for the people you support, diagnosing issues quicklyand giving clear, practical guidance.

•    Worksupport and engineering problems end to end, from initial triage through to thefix, escalating when you need to and following up so nothing falls through thecracks.

•    Runcore business analysis: gathering requirements, mapping processes, analyzingstakeholders, and taking changes through UAT.

•    Planand run projects: scope the work, set a realistic timeline, track progress, andkeep everyone informed as things move.

•    PutAI to work to move faster, whether that’s speeding up diagnosis, automatingrepetitive tasks, or drafting documentation.

•    Explaintechnical things in plain language so people across the business know what’sgoing on and what to do next.

WhatYou’ll Bring

•    Aroundthree or more years in business analysis, consulting, technical support, or asimilar delivery role. We’re open to a shorter track record if your workclearly stands out. Backgrounds in management or technology consulting(including the Big Four), professional services, or a technology services firmare all welcome.

•    Atrack record of working independently. You can pick up an unfamiliar problem,work through the uncertainty, and sort it out without much hand-holding.

•    Asolid grounding in core business analysis: requirements elicitation, processmapping, stakeholder management, and UAT.

•    Comfortwith troubleshooting and support work, including staying level-headed whenthings break and knowing when to escalate.

•    Experienceplanning and coordinating projects, with the discipline to keep timelines,tasks, and people on track.

•    Clear,confident communication with people at every level, in writing and in person.

AISkills

AI ispart of the day job here, so we want someone who already works this way.

•    Hands-onexperience using AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or Copilot in yourday-to-day work.

•    Apractical sense for where AI helps with analysis, troubleshooting, andautomation, and where it gets in the way.

•    Comfortwriting good prompts and giving the tools the context they need to be useful.

•    Soundjudgment with AI output: you know these models have limits, you’re careful withsensitive data, and you check what they produce before relying on it.

TechnicalToolkit

•    Excelat an advanced level for analysis and reporting.

•    SQLyou’re comfortable with: joins, aggregations, window functions, and shapingdata for analysis.

•    BasicPython for automation and the occasional troubleshooting task, or a trackrecord of picking up new languages quickly.

•    Familiaritywith common BA and support tools like Jira, Confluence, and Visio, and asensible approach to logging and escalating issues.

•    Agood grasp of how to diagnose and work through both business and technicalproblems.

Nice toHave

•    Professionalfluency in Mandarin or Japanese is a plus.

•    Someexperience in financial services, professional services, or another fast-movingenvironment.

•    Exposureto IT service management or support engineering practices.

WorkingModel

•    Afive-day week, with four standard days and one flexible day.

•    Onthe flexible day, a required overlap of about two hours with US Eastern Time,so you can coordinate with colleagues there.